Blog by Tag: Equality

In sycamore today with Mrs Crouch the children learned all about baptism . As a class we talked about what a baptism is and what it means . Mrs Crouch showed the children how to baptise a baby , then all of the children had a go at being the Vicor to baptise the baby. 
The children used ‘holy…

Today we had a visit from a Buddhist Monk, Kelsang Pagpa. All Buddhist monks are named Kelsang which means ‘fortunate one’ and his name Pagpa means ‘realised ultimate truth’.

He wore orange robes which are meant to symbolize simplicity and detachment of materialism.

He spoke to us about how…

Oak Class have had a fantastic week celebrating the King’s Coronation! 

We have been making requests and commenting on objects using our communication and core boards! We created King Charles III window art and our very own Union Jack flags. We thoroughly enjoyed wearing crowns and singing ‘If…

On Thursday and Friday, we celebrated Eid across school.

Eid marks the end of the month long fast, Ramadan.

To celebrate each class held their own feast. Primary pupils used communication boards to request preferred items. Secondary pupils stepped out of their comfort zones and took the…

A very big welcome back to all in 10G this week, we hope everyone has had a lovely Easter break and is raring to get going for our last term in 10G! Looking back at the photos for this week, I can’t actually believe how much we seem to have crammed into one week.

On Monday morning, everyone was…

Beech Class have had a lovely couple of days celebrating Eid. 
We have had Eid themed sensory trays, coloured ‘Happy Eid’ cards, decorated Mehndi handprints with pen dabbers, and made a moon and stars picture with materials in Attention Autism. 
This afternoon, for snack we have had an Eid…

Today we have been looking at the Eid holiday.

Eid al-Fitr is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam. The religious holiday is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.

The day starts with prayers…

In 9A this week, we’ve been learning about Eid. 

The children enjoyed our focused lesson about Eid and Islamic Culture. 

First of all, we discussed what Eid is: a festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We recapped what Ramadan is and other important Islamic traditions and aspects of…

Welcome back ! 
Hit the ground running this week with some amazing digital art work . The children looked at digital images and used their words to talk about what they could see. The children then recreated the art work by using colours on the same image and adding in a printed photograph of…

A rainbow of colour descended on Astley Park today as we celebrated Autism Awareness day.  Learners across school took part in lots of wonderful activities to create autism awareness. Our explorers took part in Attention Autism sessions where rainbows and colours were the main theme.  Adventurers…

What a busy term we have had!

The gentlemen in Oak Class have made great progress, the staff team are very proud!

This week we have followed communication board instructions to get creative with Easter crafts and treats. Group 2 also enjoyed swimming on Monday morning.

Our daily relax…

7P had a wonderful Holi celebration with the rest of the school on Wednesday. 

We did some Holi crafts in class as part of our continuous provision where we explored what Holi was and used colour to represent this. We did this by writing Holi words, sequencing a Holi festival, creating Holi art…